A former teammate of NAVI’s star sniper w0nderful has accused him of collaborating with ESIC to investigate the CS2 betting scandal involving team MAJESTY in exchange for immunity to avoid getting banned himself while the rest of the teammates are facing consequences.
Danylo “nat1ve” Bakin, a former teammate of w0nderful, has revealed that everyone involved in the group got banned except for the NAVI sniper, suggesting that it was him who has been providing ESIC with the information in exchange for immunity. According to him, despite participating in 322 matches, w0nderful has been able to avoid sanctions by snitching on his teammates.
“Everyone swam to the shore, but only one swam to the shore”, said nat1ve. The “one” mentioned here is suggestively pointing towards w0nderful, confirming the community’s suspicion that it is he who has been informing on his teammates and teams from tier-2 since 2022.
The community are more inclined towards believing the aforementioned claims in light of many of his former teammates getting charged with sanction while ESIC has left out w0nderful from their investigation. Under the given circumstances, it is not difficult to assume that an immunity deal might have been in place.
Ganginho recently joined the likes of SENSEi, THRONE and nat1ve, who received bans from ESIC for their involvement in match-fixing, and while these players will have their careers stagnated, w0nderful continues to enjoy tier-1 CS in the colors of NAVI.
This is not the first time teams in Tier-2 have been accused of match-fixing. Popular streamer Lobanjica and community veteran Kassad have been voicing their concerns that it is very difficult to separate legit matches from the fixed ones in tier-2/3 of CS2.
As things stand, there is nothing concrete against w0nderful except suggestive evidence from former teammates. While this endeavor has cleared up anti-competitive elements from tier-2, the moral question remains whether w0nderful should be allowed to get away with it without a scratch.